| any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not. |
| borage family | |
noun | |
| a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit [syn: Boraginaceae] |